The Green Van (1983)
It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.
Director: Aleksandr Pavlovskiy
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Dmitriy Kharatyan as Алёша |
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Boryslav Brondukov as Грищенко |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as Виктор Прокофьевич |
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Aleksandr Solovyov as Красавчик |
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Regimantas Adomaitis as Червень |
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Konstantin Grigorev as НачОперОт |
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Viktor Ilichyov as Федька Бык |
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Eduard Martsevich as Отец Алёши |
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Olga Lysenko as Сестра Красавчика |
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Yuriy Dubrovin as |
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Lev Perfilov as |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as |
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Nadezhda Popova as мама Володи Патрикеева |
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Valeriy Zhukov as petliurist |
| Writing | Igor Shevtsov | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Kozachinsky | Novel |
| Directing | Aleksandr Pavlovskiy | Director |